Cloth fob felting- hat-bodies and other articles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WM. FUZZARD, OF CHARLESTOVVN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTH FOR FELTING- HAT-BODIES AND OTHER ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent 1\T o. 14,559, dated April 1, 1856.

T0 all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FUZZARD, of Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cloths for Felting Hat-Bodies and other Articles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andv exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a vertical section of a felting machine. Fig. 2, is a side view of a corrugated apron partly folded with hat bodies between the folds. Fig. 3, is a section of the apron and roller formed into a roll with the hat bodies within it. Fig. 4, is a plan view of the apron.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of a corrugated apron in which the hat bodies or other articles are placed as will be presently shown, and whereby the whole surface of both sides of the bodies, Sac., are subjected to the necessary friction or rubbing while the machine' is in motion, thereby facilitating the operation of felting and accomplishing the work in a perfect manner.

` To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, Fig. 1, represents a rectangular frame on the upper part of which a roller or drum B, is fitted, and C, is a swinging frame attached to the frame A, underneath the roller B. The swinging frame C, is provided with two rollers D, E, one of which D, works in stationary bearings, and the other o-ne E, in sliding bearings.

F, is an endless apron which passes around the drum or roller B, and\down between the rollers D, E.

The above machine was formerly patented by me. The hat bodies were placed within the apron F below the rollers D, E, and were felted by means of the movement of the apron F, which rotated them, and the pressure of the rollers D, E, upon them. The above machine operates well and the pressure upon the hat bodies can be graduated as desired by adjusting the frame C.

My improvement enhances the value of the above machine to a great extent as I lwill proceed to show.

G, is a corrugated apron, constructed'of linen, muslin or any proper material, the apron may be corrugated in any proper manner. Two different forms of corrugations are shown in Fig. 4. The corrugations may be made by attaching cords to the apron, or a fabric may be woven so as to form corrugations.

I-I, represents the hat bodies which are laid between folds of the corrugated apron, see Fig. 2, which represents the apron partly folded. The apron when folded is rolled around a small corrugated roller I, see Fig. 3, and is then placed within the lower part of the endless apron F. A vibratory or recipro-cating rotary motion is then given the roller or drum B, and the hat bodies are rotated within the lower part of the endless apron underneath the rollers D, E, which give the required pressure while the corrugated apron produces the requisite fric-tion.

It will be seen that the corrugated apron is in contact with the whole surface of the hat bodies and all parts will be acted upon, whereas in my former machine the outer surface only of the roll of bodies were acted upon, the rollers D, E, being corrugated. Consequently the bodies required to be taken out of the apron several times. re-rolled and again operated upon before they were per.- fectly felted.

By means of the corrugated apron the operation of felting is accelerated fully one third, and the work is done more perfectly than by theusual mode.

The corrugated apron may be used with equal advantages in many other machines, or by hand, and I therefore wish it to be understood. that my present invention is not limited in its application to the machine herein referred to. Y

`What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The employment or use of corrugated apron, G, constructed of any` proper material, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM FUZZARD.

Witnesses:

Jos. GEO. MASON, ALFRED E. BEACH. 

